Re:Hacker News front page now, but the titles are honest
by Y_Y on Friday December 19, 2025 @12:47PM
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That's only true in classical electrodynamics, as it happens. If you're in a very strong B-field like you might find near a compact object you'll get nonlinear QED effects.
You can get a low order correction with Euler-Heisenberg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%E2%80%93Heisenberg_Lagra...
The big limiting factors are free space path loss and noise.